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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
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Laurie
Montrose
CO
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 Posted - Mar 03 2013 : 06:45:42 AM
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Wow, what a lesson I had yesterday. Since we started growing lavender I've become more interested in essential oils. A doctor (34 years of practice) that uses them in her practice puts on a lots of classes and did one for the Lavender Association. I had heard of the unregulated labels that could be placed on bottles, but wow. I think I am cleaning out my cupboard.
There are 4 grades of essential oil. Authentic, therapeutic, commercial, and fragrance(sythetic). Most of the ones you buy in the health food store are not authentic, which is the only one you should be buying, she said, therapeutic naming comes from Britain where they use it for massages. I took the class since I would be selling lavender essential oil and wanted to be informed. When I asked her how you know which ones in the store are good, she said you don't. She had visited a lot of the companies so she would know best for her clients. Go straight to the distiller or purchase from someone you know. She gave us a link to a website.
There was so much more she taught us, most oils in the store are 90-99% carrier oil and it does not have to be labeled. "100% pure essential oil" is still allowed with that much carrier.
I just thought I would pass this along because it was eye opening for me.
Laurie
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KathyC
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathy
Gastonia
NC
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2013 : 8:55:47 PM
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Laurie,
The website she gave you - does it have a list of the reputable companies that we should be buying from or even of list of the companies to stay away from? Can you share this website with us?
Are you distilling your own lavender oil for sale? Lavender is one I always have on hand!
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Mar 04 2013 : 06:39:09 AM
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Sorry, should have done that. www.originalswissaromatics.com
You can also find small distillers and get straight from them. That's what I am doing with lavender and we have a fellow vendor at the farmer's market that distiller many other essential oils too. I think the key is if you search online for an oil there will be several that come up, the big companies and the small mom and pops. You can call and ask if they dilute their oil. The less expensive the product, the more likely they adulter it.
I'm sure there are some good ones out there, but I was so surprised at how much they could change it without having to label, I had to share.
Just as a side note, I did a test with a local soap maker that bought her oil online. She used half as much using the oil I gave her.
Laurie
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Edited by - Montrose Girl on Mar 04 2013 06:39:59 AM |
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KathyC
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathy
Gastonia
NC
USA
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Posted - Mar 04 2013 : 07:32:59 AM
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Laurie,
Thanks for the information, I will check it out.
Thanks
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Mar 04 2013 : 08:05:47 AM
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The other issue if they don't dilute is the temperature and pressure the product is distilled at. This is the commercial grade stuff for fragrance and food. These are probably good for cleaning but not necessarily the best for health. Usually if someone has an allergic reaction to an oil it is because the oil is not pure, though the label says otherwise.
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
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CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
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Laurie
Montrose
CO
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